Installation guide

Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
Use OS provisioning to install the following operating system on machines with at least 1GB RAM.
Operating System Versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (Server only) 5.0, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 6.0, 6.2, 6.3, 32-bit and
64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES)
10.3, 32-bit and 64-bit
11.1, 32-bit and 64-bit
11.2, 32-bit and 64-bit (Custom import as 11.1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit - Std, Ent, Web, DC, StdCore, EntCore, WebCore,
DCCore
SP1 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent, DC, StdCore, EntCore, DCCore
SP2 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent, DC, StdCore, EntCore, DCCore
Windows 7 Pro i386 and 64-bit, Retail, Volume
Windows 2003 R2 SP2 - i386 and 64-bit - Std, Ent
Table 15–3. Supported Operating Systems
For more information about configuring the OS Provisioning Server for installation, see "Hardware and
Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server" on page171. Instructions for
installing the OS Provisioning Server and using the OS provisioning options in VCM are available in the
VCM Administration Guide.
Software Provisioning Requirements
VCM Software Provisioning provides the components to create software provisioning packages, publish
the packages to repositories, and install and remove software packages on target machines.
Supported Operating System Supported Hardware Platform
Microsoft Windows 7 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86, x64
Windows Vista SP2 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 x86
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x86, x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86, x64
Table 15–4. Software Provisioning Operating System and Hardware Requirements
Your system must meet the requirements for VCM Software Provisioning components and software.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
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